I’ve been spending a lot of time in my sewing room, but not actually sewing much. Working on the computer and creating a few patterns for upcoming publications (though I can’t show you these yet). So I thought I’d show you a bit of today’s inspiration.
Here’s what I’m reading:
Vera: The Art and Life of an Icon by Susan Seid. Vera Neumann’s artful surface design is amazing and continues to inspire today.
Print & Pattern by Bowie Style. A compilation of great surface design from the blog of the same name. Here’s the work of Pata Pri, one of my first Etsy favorites.
Quilt Artistry: Inspired Designs from the East by Yoshiko Jinzenji. Breathtaking work here.
Quilting Line + Color: Techniques and Designs for Abstract Quilts, also by Yoshiko Jinzenji. More beautiful work. I love how she plays with transparent fabric as you can see in the image below. You have to see her hexagon quilt.
I’ve also been receiving some freebies (a great benefit of blogging). This cozy stack of wool came from Heavens to Betsy (one of my newest sponsors) and this wool felt ribbon came from Felt-0-Rama. So check out all of their amazing goods and make something warm.
Oh, I’ve been reading the first two books too! And Orla Kiely’s Pattern and Drusilla Cole’s The Pattern Sourcebook as well. So inspiring! Those wool freebies are gorgeous!
I have already ordered my 15 yds of cotton organdy to begin my translucent hexie quilt. That book is like craft crack, for real.
Oh that wool…be still my beating heart…..it is magical, wonderful, the stuff of my wooly dreams….
drooling over the pictured woolens.